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שָׁלַח

sha.lachto send: departHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb847 occurrences34 books790 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
Traditional renderings: × any wise, appoint, bring (on the way), cast (away, out), conduct, × earnestly, forsake, give (up), grow long, lay, leave, let depart (down, go, loose), push away, put (away, forth, in, out), reach forth, send (away, forth, out), set, shoot (forth, out), sow, spread, stretch forth (out).

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁלַח:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

847 total
  1. Proverbs 16:28יְשַׁלַּ֣ח · spreads
    A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
  2. Proverbs 17:11יְשֻׁלַּח־ · will be sent against him
    An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
  3. Proverbs 22:21לְשֹׁלְחֶֽיךָ׃פ · those who sent you
    …to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?
  4. Proverbs 25:13לְשֹׁלְחָ֑יו · to those who send him
    Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a trustworthy messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters.
  5. Proverbs 26:6שֹׁלֵ֖חַ · is the sending
    Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
  6. Proverbs 29:15מְ֝שֻׁלָּ֗ח · left to himself
    A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.
  7. Proverbs 31:19שִׁלְּחָ֣ה · She stretches
    She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
  8. Proverbs 31:20שִׁלְּחָ֥ה · and reaches out
    She opens her arms to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy.
  9. Ecclesiastes 11:1שַׁלַּ֥ח · Cast
    Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
  10. Song of Solomon 5:4שָׁלַ֤ח · put
    My beloved put his hand to the latch; my heart pounded for him.
  11. Isaiah 6:8אֶשְׁלַ֖ח · shall I send; שְׁלָחֵֽנִי׃ · Send me
    Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!”
  12. Isaiah 9:8שָׁלַ֥ח · has sent
    The Lord has sent a message against Jacob, and it has fallen upon Israel.
  13. Isaiah 10:6אֲשַׁלְּחֶ֔נּוּ · I will send him
    I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.
  14. Isaiah 10:16יְשַׁלַּ֨ח · will send
    Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame.
  15. Isaiah 16:1שִׁלְחוּ־ · Send
    Send the tribute lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the mount of Daughter Zion.
  16. Isaiah 16:2מְשֻׁלָּ֑ח · pushed
    Like fluttering birds pushed out of the nest, so are the daughters of Moab at the fords of the Arnon:
  17. Isaiah 18:2הַשֹּׁלֵ֨חַ · which sends
    …which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.
  18. Isaiah 19:20וְיִשְׁלַ֥ח · He will send
    It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender to rescue them.
  19. Isaiah 20:1בִּשְׁלֹ֣ח · sent
    Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,
  20. Isaiah 27:8בְּשַׁלְחָ֣הּ · and exile
    By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.
  21. Isaiah 27:10מְשֻׁלָּ֥ח · abandoned
    For the fortified city lies deserted—a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.
  22. Isaiah 32:20מְשַׁלְּחֵ֥י · range freely
    Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.
  23. Isaiah 36:2וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח · sent
    And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh, with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And he stopped by the aqueduct of the upper pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field.
  24. Isaiah 36:12שְׁלָחַ֣נִי · sent me
    But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”
  25. Isaiah 37:2וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח · And he sent
    And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
  26. Isaiah 37:4שְׁלָח֨וֹ · has sent
    Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
  27. Isaiah 37:9וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח · Sennacherib sent
    Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
  28. Isaiah 37:17שָׁלַ֔ח · has sent
    Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
  29. Isaiah 37:21וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ · sent a message
    Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
  30. Isaiah 39:1שָׁלַ֡ח · sent
    At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard about Hezekiah’s illness and recovery.
  31. Isaiah 42:19אֶשְׁלָ֑ח · I am sending
    Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD?
  32. Isaiah 43:14שִׁלַּ֣חְתִּי · I will send
    Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake, I will send to Babylon and bring them all as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships in which they rejoice.
  33. Isaiah 45:13יְשַׁלֵּ֔חַ · free
    I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.”
  34. Isaiah 48:16שְׁלָחַ֖נִי · has sent me
    Come near to Me and listen to this: From the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time it happened, I was there.” And now the Lord GOD has sent me, accompanied by His Spirit.
  35. Isaiah 50:1שִׁלַּחְתִּ֔יהָ · I sent her away; שֻׁלְּחָ֥ה · was sent away
    This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
  36. Isaiah 55:11שְׁלַחְתִּֽיו׃ · I send it
    …so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
  37. Isaiah 57:9וַתְּשַׁלְּחִ֤י · You have sent
    You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.
  38. Isaiah 58:6וְשַׁלַּ֤ח · to set
    Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?
  39. Isaiah 58:9שְׁלַ֥ח · the pointing
    Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,
  40. Isaiah 61:1שְׁלָחַ֙נִי֙ · He has sent Me
    The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
  41. Isaiah 66:19וְשִׁלַּחְתִּ֣י · and I will send
    I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.
  42. Jeremiah 1:7אֶֽשְׁלָחֲךָ֙ · I send you
    But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.
  43. Jeremiah 1:9וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח · reached out
    Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
  44. Jeremiah 2:10שִׁלְח֥וּ · send
    Cross over to the coasts of Cyprus and take a look; send to Kedar and consider carefully; see if there has ever been anything like this:
  45. Jeremiah 3:1יְשַׁלַּ֣ח · divorces
    “If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.
  46. Jeremiah 3:8שִׁלַּחְתִּ֕יהָ · [and] sent her away
    She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.
  47. Jeremiah 7:25וָאֶשְׁלַ֤ח · I have sent; וְשָׁלֹֽחַ׃
    From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again.